Today we didnt really do anything and we were at the cafeteria for half of the class because i think Mr. Schick had something to do in his room i guess.

The Roman Empire

• When he dies the power goes to Octavian
• That’s when it changes from republic to empire
• Octavian eventually became known as Caesar Augustus
• He is the first full on emperor
• His rule is known as that pax romana - a period of peace and prosperity
• They built roads, they had bricks that fit together so that they wouldn't wash away with the rain
• They also built aqueducts
• Easier for people to get around
• Got the roman legion to move quickly form one place to another
• 1/3 of the people in Rome were slaves
• He set up government to fix things like a road service
• Set up the first postal service
• He died around 14 A.D.
• Jesus was a roman citizen
• He begins his ministry at 30 years old
• Mainly the only people that mention Jesus was the gospels
• All the other things were low key
• He wasn't popular before he died
• Statements like "my kingdom is not of this world" make the Romans nervous and the began to plan his execution
• No one knows what happened with Jesus between the ages of 12 and 30
• Romans and Jews look at him as a threat

Notes

• Rubicon was a river that marks northern most border of Rome
• Once he crossed it to invade it, he couldn’t turn back
• The gulish tribes could've conquered Rome but Caesar conquered them
• Crassus led an empire into defeat
• Pompey is in Rome
• Pompey was forced to leave Italy and Caesar's men killed him
• He was the 'father of the father land'
• Caesar made himself ruler of the republic
• Frist he was a tribune, the supreme pontiff, consul then named himself dictator for 10 years
• Caesar used to power to get rid of problems in Rome
• He let loyal soldiers get land
• Once the people whom he conquered, he gave those people rights
• He did all the things the people wanted him to do
• The senate were mad
• He made a 'show' of being in charge
• The senate realized they lost all their power
• The senate invited him in
• Several of them pulled out daggers and stabbed him to death
• All of the senate members that were there stabbed him

Today i had to leave school early to go to a service. i missed math, spanish and science. im kinda scared about missing science because we always take a whole bunch of notes...

Presentations pt 2

Today we did more presentations but we didnt have time to do mine and we dont have class tomorrow so i guess i will have to go on friday.

Presentations pt1

Today we did some presentations and it was kinda cool seeing all the projects. i really liked Austin's project and Hana's cookies were pretty good but there were seed everywhere. i know that wasnt her fault but besides that, they were pretty good. they kinda tasted like those butter ball cookie things.

Spring break

Today is the last day before the Spring break and im kind of exited. i have nothing planned and im not going on vacation anywhere but im so excited for summer and Spring break means that summer is closer.

Test

Tomorrow is thursday so we dont have west civ but we have it friday. on friday we have a test and i think mr.schick said that the test is going to have 24 questions? im kinda scared but then im not really cause my family is fully Italian and i grew up learning about ancient Romans and everything there is to know about Italy

Another test

Today we went over the things that are going to be on the test on Friday. It seems easy for the most part but of course, Devin has to make things complicated and he doesn't understand anything about the government. So he had me send him the notes in the middle of class and kept complaining about it to me. It's honestly not that hard.

The Punic War

• by 250 b.c. all of Italy south of the River Po was in Roman hands
• This brought Rome into a collision with a rival city-state beyond the sea: Carthage
• About 700 b.c., Carthage had become an oligarchic and empire-building republic similar to Rome
• it spread its influence across North America, southern Spain, Sardinia, Corsica, and Sicily
• The Punic wars were waged on land and sea in 3 vicious rounds between 264 and 146 b.c. 
• In the first phase of the struggle, Rome was able to force Carthage out of Sicily 
• In the second phase, the Carthaginian general Hannibal invaded Italy, defeated several Roman armies, and brought Rome to the brink of defeat
• the loyalty of the Romans' allies, the perseverance of their own forces, and their greater manpower, they were able to draw citizen and allied soldiers from all Italy while Carthage relied on smaller mercenary armies 
• at the end of Second Punic war in 202 b.c. Carthage was disarmed and helpless
• Rome provoked a third war in 146 b.c. 
• Carthage was captured after bitter fighting
• in an act of vengeance, the Senate ordered the city to be leveled, its people sold into slavery, and even the ground they stood on to be cursed
• in 202 b.c. Rome had won control  over the western Mediterranean

Worksheet questions

1. It was built on a river in the center of Italy. It gave the people there the chance to control all of Italy.

2. The Etruscan kings ruled over his people and Rome. They then overthrew the king and would soon become a republic.

3. The Nobles and the common people struggled for power in the new republic.

4. The 12 Tables said that all free citizens were protected by law. They were posted in a public place for all people to see.

5. Gauls were from France. They humiliated Rome. They attacked and took their part of Rome back

Notes

Today we took more notes even though we werent really writing it was just highlighting. I though highlighting in the book was illegal in the school but according to Mr. Schick i guess its not. Anyway. im excited to make all the ancient roman food because my entire family is very Italian.

4/2/2014

People to settle in Rome

• Etruscans 
• Greeks
• First people were Latin's

Notes

• Rome was in the middle of the peninsula
• They were in the middle of the world
• Italy was in the middle of the med sea
• Found a way to divert the water to not make land saturated and marshy
• Drained out swamp and took water flow from other rives and diverted it into Tigris river
• Tarkin the proud was the last Roman King; tyrant; didn’t listen to his advisors; he was ran out of town
• Romans took many things from the Greeks
• Res publica - the people business; where the word republic comes from
• Republic is part democracy, monarchy and aristocracy
•  instead of a king, there were 2 consuls (president/king)
• Senate and the house of representatives, u.s. is modeled after Roman government
• Senate runs every 2 years
• They discovered what kind of government they want to have
• u.s. went to roman government but gave more power
• Plebeians(middle class) and patricians(aristocrats) and slaves

Project

Today Mr. Schick gave us a project for Rome and i want to make food. My family owns 2 restaurants. 1 is The Tower in Bel Air on main street and Squires.  p.s.  Mr. Schick... the address of Squires is  6723 Holabird Ave, Baltimore, MD 21222